Distinguished Speaker Program

This program provides local Chapters a contact list of persons in high industry regard who are able and willing to speak on certain topic(s) of interest at local chapter meetings. The persons immediately below have been designated and have agreed to serve as SPWLA Distinguished Speakers for the year 2018-19. The talks proposed here are all amongst the top papers presented at the 2018 International 59th Annual Symposium in London.

AN INTEGRATED WORKFLOW TO ESTIMATE PERMEABILITY THROUGH QUANTIFICATION OF ROCK FABRIC USING JOINT INTERPRETATION OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS
Artur Posenato Garcia, The University of Texas at Austin, North America, posenato@utexas.edu

IMPROVED INTERPRETATION OF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS IN MIXED-WET ROCKS: AN EXPERIMENTAL CORE-SHALE APPLICATION AND MODEL VERIFICATION
Chelsea Newgord, The University of Texas at Austin, North America, cnewgord@utexas.edu

EXPERIMENTAL QUANTIFICATION OF KEROGEN WETTABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF THERMAL MATURITY
Archana Jagadisan, The University of Texas At Austin, North America, archana.jagadisan@utexas.edu

The persons immediately below have been designated and have agreed to serve as SPWLA Regional Speakers for the year 2018-19. The talks proposed here have been nominated by industry peers to be included in the SPWLA program.

2018-2019 Regional Speaker List

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF THE VACA MUERTA FORMATION IN THE LAST 5 YEARS OF UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE PLAY DEVELOPMENT
Alberto Ortiz, YPF S.A. Argentina, South America, alberto_ortiz@hotmail.com

Please contact the speakers directly, and copy your Regional Director with this correspondence. Speakers are not limited to their region, SPWLA educational budget funds are available to cover/offset speaker travel expenses. For assistance in travel reimbursement, please contact VP-Education Katerina Yared. In order to reduce the burdens on persons serving as Distinguished Speaker, please attempt to coordinate travel so that multiple chapters may be visited on a single trip. The speakers are also asked to contact local chapters to volunteer talks when it fits into their normal travel schedule.

Chapter officers are urged to make an extra effort for local university students to attend the Distinguished Speaker presentations by informing students of the presentation through contacts with key professors.

If you have any questions or issues regarding the Distinguished Speaker program, please contact VP-Education or the SPWLA office.

Building our Program

Regional Distinguished Speaker list is an evolving body where we will continuously welcome and encourage your feedback. We will also accept Regional Speaker nominations on a constant basis; feel free to email any nominations to vp-education@spwla.org